In the days after September 11th, all the planes were grounded. Even when the runways re-opened no one was eager to fly again. Slowly though, the multi-billion dollar airline industry is taking flight. But just as Americans are returning to business class as usual, comes whistle-blowing word from an FAA employee that the very people charged with safeguarding the skies have been actively ignoring his warnings. Congress is listening, though, and it might mean changes for both airports and government bureaucracy.
Meanwhile at Boston's Logan Airport, an Israeli security expert is instilling new notions of how to screen out potential terrorists, mixing high-tech with human observation. Change is in the air.
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Bogdan Dzakovic, member of FAA.'s "Red Team," and whistleblower
Rafi Ron, former director of Security for the Israeli Airport Authority and Ben Gurion Airport, now head of New Age Aviation Security
Rafi Ron: It starts with a system which can detect certain signals. listen
Rafi Ron: You end up wasting a lot of your resources, so you don't have enough to deal with people like Richard Reid. listen
